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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The exports from New York for the week end
ing July 49, exclusive of specie, were valued at
$7,21S O00
The New York Stock Exchange governing
committee has elected Mr.. r. N. Thomas wise
president to succeed the late Alfred B. HILL
Daniel Carlton, of Boston, Mass. committed
suicide at Sierra Madre villa. near Los Angeles,
Monday night. He was subject to severe
attacks of neuralgia.
The Hurlbut Paper Company, Of South Lee
Mass, filed petition in insolvency to- day. The
concern was founded in 1922, and was considered
financially strong No reason is given for the
failure.
The Oraneemen Of Toronto, Ont, are agi-
tated over the suspension of 7. e. Lloyd, dis
trict master for East Toronto, from his duties at
the custom house, for being absent without
leave on July II
Allan Hart aged sixteen. committed suicide
Monday night, at Philadelphia, by shooting him
self through the head. His body was found s,u on
Gently and of which the boy had been very fond.
The mortality among children in Pittsburg
and Allegheny during the past six weeks was
under FIVE years of age died, and since the LIST
instant there have been SOB deaths. making a
total of ], 1877 in six weeks. OF this number.
seventy-tive per cent. were babes under two
years of age.
movement has been inaugurated among
the leading business men of Buffalo to raise a
fund of 100000. which will be offered a
prize for the best invention for utilizing the
water-power Of Niagara river Competition
will be lopen to the world. Several prominent
citizens have already subscribed 81, 600 each to-
ward the fund
The Adiutant general of the State Of Missouri
arrived in ST. Louis, yesterday, to pay the ST.
Louis regiment for services rendered in the Mis-
souri, Pacific strike of 1885. The total amount
appropriated for the eight days services was 3d.
300 Pr;vates received S.. 60 each Since the
service the regiment has been disbanded, and
many of the men have left the country.
Giles Luth. aged resident in the outskirts
of Warren, II. T. left bis invalid wife at IL
o'clock Monday night to get neighbor to 60 to
town for doctor, as Mrs Luth was failing. On
his return he walked into the Kickimuit river.
which is four feet deep at that place, and, being
much fatigued and partially blind, was unable to
get out Searching parties found his body yes
terday morning. His wife died while they were
bringing it into the house.
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ILLINOIS,
The Contract Commissioners Say the Award
to Rokker s. Co. Was q Fraud.

The Contract Commissioners Say the Award
to Rocker s. Co. Was a Fraud.
SPRINGFIELD, July 19.-The Commissioners
of State Contracts filed their answer to-day in
the mandamus case of q. w. Rocker & Co.,
in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. The
answer admits the publication of advertisements
and the awarding of the contract to H. w. Rok-
ker g. Co., also that work Las been done to the
amount of $32 722 IL, and that $24, 900 has been
paid; that the amount of SO, IT, 5 is
in the treasury unexpended. It AYERS
that Henry w. Rocker, Fred Gehring Phillips
Bros, Frank Hudson, jr.. Thomas Pinkard,
Thomas W. S. Kidd. Charles Edwards, Clarence
III. Davenport, Thomas Rees. and Charles T.
Stratten formed a combination for the purpose
OF obtaining the State printing contract at a
high rate, and avoid competition. It also AYERS
that the firm of II. W. Rocker e. Co. in
cluded all firms persons in Springfield en-
gagged in job printing or persons outside the city
likely to bid. It also AYERS that bids filed by
members of the combination were higher than
those of Booker & CO., except that of GehrinR,
which was irregular in form, and that separate
bids filed with view OF deceving the
commissioners. The answer AYERS that the COM
bination was formed in violation of the laws of
the State, and the contracts were procured by
fraud and are therefore null and void. and have
no binding force. By agreement the argument
on the answer and demurrer will be made during
the vacation of the court All orders and mo-
tions will be dated July Is.
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wiptne out the Belt Family

ST. LOUIS, July 19-The Giobe-Democrat has
information from Cave-inlRock, Hardin county,
Ill, that James D. Belt, while riding along the
road on horseback last evening. about five miles
from the above named place, was assassnated by
unknown persons, nine buckshot being fred into
his head. Belt was a haf-brother Of Logan
Belt, who was killed in the same manner and
near the same place, the evening Of
June T. Logan Belt q of
wealth, but notorious character, and the
leader of faction in Hardin county somewhat
similar so that existing in two three Ken
lucky counties, the opposing faction being known
as the Oldham party. Whether James d. Belt
was connected with either is not stated. but
there is a suspicion that he was killed by some
of the Oldham faction. Logan Belt killed one
of the Oldhams ten years ago, in a broil at the
Iatters house, and ever since then bitter
enmity has existed between their relatives and
friends. which seems now to have eliminated in
the killing of both the Belts.
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Alarming News for Farmers.

SPRrNGFIELD. July 19-An alarming letter
was received here to-day from Prof. Forbes.
State Entomologist, in which he states that
chinch-bugs have obtained foothold in the
northern portion of Illinois to such an extent as
to assure an immense number of them next year,
un less weather unfavorable to their develop
ment should intervene He says that tho dan
ger from this source threatens to damage the
wheat crop of 1888 to extent in comparison
with which the pleuro- pneumonia and other re-
cent outbreaks of contagious diseases among do
mestic animals will be Insignificant The en-
tomoloeiet's investigations in the southern Sec
no interruption of the chinch-bugs dew astation
in that direction.
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Brief Mention.

John Crumbaughs house at Leroy was burned
on Monday. Loss, 81, 600; insurance about half
as much.
Eighty acres of timber near Abingdon were
destroyed by fire Sunday. Several fields
near Galesburg were DEVASTATED by fire in the
afternoon.
The residence of Lycurgus Mccain, near
Joliet, was burned on Sunday. Loss, 81, 500,
with 81, 600 insurance. The fire originated from
a defective fiue.
II. B. Tarbel. principal OF Vandalia public
schools for the last two years, died on Monday
of typhoid fever. The body will be shipped to
Pisgah for interment
The next annual reunion of the surviving
members of the Seventy sixth Regiment, Illi-
nois Volunteers will be held at Watseka on
Wednesday ana Thursday. Oct and 6.
On Sunday grass along the L., N A. e. G.
railway. near Ladoga caught fire from pass
ing train and burned over several acres of
ground, and destroyed two miles of fencing.
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contents was saved. The origin of the ere is q
mystery. The loss IL 81, 800
William Walls a traveller for Cincinnati
firm. cut his throat on Monday, at cambridge
He may recover.
Mr.. Nicholas o. Williams. old-time Madi-
son merchant has just died at Washington, d.
C., aged seventy-one.
William Petty. in the employ of Elkana Davis.
merchant at Hackleman, Grant county, has
been arrested charged with embezzling $500 OF
his employers money.
State Superintendent LaFollette leaves today
for Rochester to attend the cornerstone laying
of new hieh-school building. He will De the
orator of the occasion.
The threshing machine owned and operated by
Henry Shuck, in Washington township, Rush
county. caught fire and was completely de-
stroyed. Loss about $500; no insurance.
The fish in the river at Pekin dying by
the wagon-load, and some means will have to be
adopted to remove the dead FISH from the shores
Low and poisonous water is said to be the cause.
Commencing on July % and continuing two
weeks a series of camp meetings will be hold by
the colored people at the fair grounds at Craw-
louisville. BILE ministers will be in attend
ance. and jubilee singing will be feature OF the
meeting.
A man died at Crawfordsviile on Monday
who had not taken food into his stomach for
eighteen weeks. but was only kept alive by
means Of injections. post-mortem exami-
nation revealed that the cause of his death was
cancer of the stomach
During the absence of the family from home,
a tramp entered the house Of VIM. Clayton.
living several miles east of Sullivan, and carried
off valise containing $400. The thief was
seen by girl to hurriedly cross field and dis
appear. Officers in pursuit
p. F. Curtis, of Connersville, and William
Anderson, of Cambridge City. have signed
articles of agreement to run foot race of one
hundred yards at the trotting park at Cam
bridge City, Thursday afternoon. The race is
to be made interesting by a purse Of $1,000
$500 a side.
On Monday, while a number of people were
returning from funeral, near Fairbanks Suli-
van county, during violent rain and wind
storm, large oak tree was blown across the
road, crashing down a buggy containing two
WEIGH. One of the Williams boys and WEIGH
were killed outright, and tho other brother will
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Killed by Lightning.


WHEELING. w. Va, July ia severe storm
visited this section last night. demolishing fences
and shade-trees, and for an hour there was not a
seconds intermission between the flashes or
lightning 1t was believed the only damage was
the demolition of one wall of a two-story brick
house on Eighth street. belonging to Jacob Sny-
der, jr., but reports from the country to-day
show this was but trifiing part. At Grafton
the lightning was the severest ever experienced.
Mrs. w. T. Carr sitting in room with her
three children, when the house was struck by
lightning, which set fire to the bed in the room.
Neigh bors, running to extinguish the flames.
found that Mrs. Carr had been instantly killed
and the three children burned by the electric bolt
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Evansyilie,s Bonds.

EVANSVILLE, July 19.-The City Council last
hight. after G long and lively session, agreed to
proposition submitted by Clarence III. Venner.
representing the holders of water-works and
railroad bonds of the city, amounting to 81. 120,-
700, to refund the water-works bonds at 6 per
cent. and the railroad bonds at Per cent, the
new bonds to mature in twenty five years. An
ordinance was drawn up and will be passed
Wednesday night. This virtually removes the
ytigma OF reputation from the city, and places
Evansville in the category of debt-paying cities,
the other bonds having been refunded in March
last The total debt under the new scheme now
10 g. las, 000 The suits questioning the legal
ity OF the railroad bonds will now probably be
withdrawn.
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS.
Judge Terhune's Duty to his Wheat In
terferes with Judicial Obligations.
Thrown from d Train and Killed-Founl
Dead Under Reaper-Another Member Of
the Belt Family Assassinated-GI


Judicial Farm Duties-Why the Carson
Harrison Case Was Postponed.
Special to tie indianapolis Journal
LEBANON. July 19.-Hon. j. L. Carson and
l.. J. Hackney, of Shelbyvile. were here yester-
day to argue the quo warrants case brought
againstT. II. Harrison. They evidently failed to
take into consideration the fact that Judge T. j.
Terhune only attends to court duties when he
has little leisure from the duties incident to
managing his farm, or they would have ascer-
tanned that yesterday was threshing day at the
farm and postponed their visit AS it happened,
threshing and court duties collided and the
Judge attended to the threshing, probably think
ing it more important that he to the meas
lrement of his wheat crop than that Carson
should have his decided 1t is understood
that the distinguished gentlemen left in no very
pleasant state of mind.
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Dorothea l.. DIX.

TRENTON, N. j., July 19-Dorothea L. Dix,
who acquired a national reputation by her
efforts to relieve the condition Of the pauper,
criminal and insane classes of the country,
died at the Trenton asylum to-day. aged about
eighty five years. She instrumental in
having the asylum founded. as we'll as many
other similar institutions throughout the
country. While visiting here. FIVE years
ago, she taken ill, and tho State
authorities, in recognition of her services,
offered her home for life at the asylum. In
1847, Miss DIX petititioned Congress for APP
preparation of public lands to endow hospitals
for the insane in the various States, and in 1852
bill was passed granting 100000 acres of
land for the purpose, but the measure was
vetoed by President Pierce. MISS Dix was born
at Worcester, Mass. and for many years resided
at Boston, to which city the remains will be
sent Death resulted from organic disease Of
the heart
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A SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH.
How Julius Giessenger Was Made to Success
cessfulIy Battle Lock jaw.

HOW JuIlus messenger w as Made to Success
cessfulIy Battle Lock jaw.
New York Star
In view of the recent deaths from that dread
full malady lock jaw, and principally the sad case
OF Thomas y Brien, the carpenter who died at
the Long Island Hospital after suffering the
agonies Of death for four weeks from lock jaw,
caused by stepping upon a nail while working on
a house at Sheepshead bay, medical attention
has been called to the remarkable recovery of
suffered for eight weeks all the pangs of lock-
jaw. His recovery is looked upon as a scientific
triumph.
Giessenger, while hurrying to his home. One
hundred and thirty ninth street and Cottage
avenue on the evening of the 18th of April. trip
ped and fell. In falling he threw out his hands
to save himself, and his thumb coming in con-
tact with a nail protruding from a hitching post
erected near the curb. slightly abraded.
The injury was only skin deep and occaeioned
Giessenger annoyance at the time. The third
day after the fall the mans hand and arm had
swollen to such size that he was compelled to
quit work. The swelling increased. and finally
the muscles OF the jaws began to contract. and
those of the lower limbs and body became sim
ilarly affected. He taken the Ninety
ninth street hospital, where the house surgeon.
DR. McCirew, saw at a glance that the man was
afflicted with the most violent form of lockjaw
r. Day after day the patients condition grew
worse the jaws became locked. making it i'm
possible for the admission OF food OF even the
most liquid nature. The masseter nerves stu
ated at the junction of the lower and upper
jaws, were hard and contracted. and TO admin
lister food to the patient these nerves were soft
ened and their awful tension relaxed by means
of hypodermic injections of cocaine An in
cision was made in each cheek in the region OF
the masseter nerves and the cocaine injected IL
was found that this operation afforded only tenn
porary relief to the patient. and another plan
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Alum in Bakers Bread.
Philadelphia American.

1t has long been known that the bakers use
alum to tighten and whiten their bread and it
has been almost equally well known that it is
injurious. AS our correspondent states. there
is guessing how many dyspeptics it has made
or how many constitutions it has ruined. Nearly
every good housewife has, at times used little
alum in baking to tighten dead -four but
she always was aware that it was practice to
be Stunned. The average baker is less scrupu-
lous Unfortunately the excessive use of alum
cannot be controlled by the authorities. There
is law against the adulteration of foods, but it
doesn't define what any food. bread, for in
stance, shall consist of, and therefore it doesn't
define in any what is ..adulteration' of
food by any articles other than pcisons. which
alum is not. the prime necessity is sensible
law on the subject
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Gas Found at Richmond.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, July l9-Work in well No 8, at
Glen Park, was finished late this afternoon. aud
the result will be the drilling of No 4, as for
the first time encouraging supply of gas
was found in the Trenton rock. 1t was found
at an early hour this morning, 26 feet in the
Trenton, at a total depth of 900 feet, and it was
decided to go on, but at AZ feet in the Trenton
the flow greater, therefore the commit
tee. being afraid of salt water, decided to
be done until after drilling No. 4. In any
event, the well will be preserved to light the
grounds in the Glen, for which the supply is
ample
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The Coke Strike About Ended.

CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, July 19-The Miners
Amalgamated Association and the Knights of
Labor both held delegate conventions at Scott
dale, Pa, to-day, and resolved to resume work
on condition that the coke operators meet their
committees to arrange q scale of wages. The
general opinion Is this will end the great coke
strike and there is much rejoicing.
Twenty-three Hungarians who had been sent
from New York to take places of striking coke
workers have asked Austrian Consul Schamberg,
at Pitteburg, to send them back home. They
claim that the labor agent had deceived them by
representing that there strike.
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Nine Buildings Burned.

LOUISVILLE, uly ia special to the Times
from Greensboro, KY, says: IA destructive
fire broke out here about twelve o'clock last
night. and consumed nine buildings. 1t was dis
covered first in the rear of Vandiver's livery
stable. on Main street, and soon all the adioin-
ing buildings were flames. A high wind wa
blowing and the flames Tapped everything up for
two blocks. The family of H. w. Miller had a
narrow escape Twelve fine horses we're burned
to q crisp. The fire company W ere baff1ed in
their attempts to save property as the water
works were not in working order. The total
loss is $4,000, with insurance amounting t5
goo 0Q0
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A Supposed slight Resented.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 19.-Some agitation ex-
lists among the colored people here over slight
to the colored teachers by the management of
the Peabody Institute. All the colored teachers
failed to attend to-day, although Governor Cor
don was present to deliver the opening address.
The colored people fancied that they had been
ipsulted by School Commissioner Orr, but now
realize their mistake, and all will go on smoothly
as
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Alleged Discovery of Gold.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARTINsvILLE, July 19.-Wi.ls Bruce, who
lives two and one half miles south Of Monrovia,
has concluded that he has found gold on his
farm. While digging well. last week, he pene-
trated stratum of sand and shining ore at
depth of ten feet. The stratum two feet in
thickness, and the grains of sand very
thickly mingled with shining particles which
glisten like gold. Two Californians. who were
in the gold mines while in that State. have pro-
rounced it gold. The mixture Is much heavier
than sand. and clings together more tenaciously.
Some of the particles are as large as grains Of
wheat.
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An Empress's Bonnets.

The Empress Josephine once bought thirty
eight bonnets in one month. We do not know
at what number her mighty husband drew the
line, but il is fact that having learned that
she had INDUCED herself with the acquisition of
q large number he--when he one day went into
the salon leading to her apartments and found in
it Mile Despeaux, the mliner. with large pile
Of suspicious looking band boxes--was so indig-
nant at the idea of his wife making fresh pur-
chases that he flew into such a passion that
every one ran ran away leaving him to decide
whether he woul1 vent his rage on poor Jose
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Using sho.euns ON ca.erpillars.
Philadelphia Record.

Farmers up in the Schuykill valley COM
planning of the ravages of caterpillars. which
said to abound in greater numbers this year than
ever before. Trees, vines and shruboery
being literally eaten up and there seems no way
of getting rid of the pests. Up in Rerks county
farmers have rescrfed to the shotgun, using 1t
in the early morning when the worms are
gathered in great punches on the limbs of the
trees The method is said TO be less injurious to
the trees than using fire.
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Strike of Fort Wayne Printers.

Special to the lndianapolis Journal
Fir WAYNE, Ind, July 19.-To-night, all the
type-setters in the Gazette Office walked out. A
few days ago arrangements were made to change
the dress of the paper, setting part of the same
in burgsoise. The latter being old type. the of.
fee paid to have it laid in additional cases The
regular force being, it is alleged. unwilling to
handle it. and then deducted 10 cents per
thousand ems from the ''string" of each of the
compositors holding cases. The latter would
not submit to the reduction After conference
and much discussion, both sides refused to yield,
hence the strike. The amount involved is less
than 49, The Gazette is now a non union Office
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phine, who a prisoner with her feet in a foot
bath, or OH the milline- herself He did q little
of both. He was angry with Josephine that
che was speechless with terror and he sent for
Savary, his minister of police and ordered him
to arrest Mile. Despeaux. She was sent to La
Force immediately and though her fear of Ma
poieon and horror of a night in prison made her
i'll, her fortune was probably made by this start
ling outbreak of imperial temper. Next day
nearly every one in Paris flocked to her, hear
her story and condole with her. She never
could have lacked custom after this.
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Crops Damaged by a Storm.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARTINsvILLE, July ia strong wind and
heavy rain-storm passed ovcr this county yester-
day evening, about o'clock. The wind blew
down o great many trees, but, fortunately, did
but little harm 10 buildings. The principal
harm was done to grain in stack and to growing
Hay and wheat stacks
turned in various parts of the county, and many
fields of corn, which was too dry aud tough to
break. were blown fat upon the ground. The
rain was heavy, and was of inestimable value to
the growing crops and dry pastures.
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Strike Drawing to a Close.

NEW YORK, July 19.-The strike at Delamater
iron-works is rapidly drawing to close. The
strikers met to-day and decided that all hands
should look for work elsewhere, as there did not
seem the least probability of their being able to
get back to work at Delamaters. The Delama-
ters say they have all the men they want at
present.
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Found Dead Under "a Reape,

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RUsHvILLE, July 19. Capt David S. Hollo-
way was found dead in hay field adjoining his
residence in Ripley township, at o'clock yester-
day evening. When found he was underneath
\ reaper he had been driving, and had evidently
fallen off backwards and had pulled the horses
with the machine. back upon him. The deceased
captain in Company ID, Nineteenth Indiana
Regiment, and was three years in active service.
ton will have charge of the funeral Burial
axes place from his home, near Carthage, On
Wednesday az o'clock NJ.